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' J \VI ..IAM E. JONES k Co. AUGUSTA, Ga. SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1840. * V01.1V.-NoI
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IcHROMOLK AND SKNTINKL.
AIHiIiSTA.
I ' pa id At" MORNING, JANUARY 3.
I ~Wc conlimß to-day our publication of Hie acts
|of our State Legislature. The whole number
B passed is 218, of which a large majority are of
M purely a local or private character.
gj Extract from the correspondence of the
Charleston Courier, dated Washington, Deeem
-1 * ber 26.
i “fn the House, the standing Committees were
I ordered to be appointed, on motion of Mr- Wise,
’M who, at the same time, signified hisdesrcto e
ji | excused from nerving on and standing
W tec. 1 promise it is Mr. Wise’s intention to ofler
W a resolution for a further investigation mto thi.
M affairs of the departments, the Collector.-hip,
St Land Offices, Ac., and that he will be chairman
Wk of the Committee, to conduct tlic investigation.
W We hope so; we sincerely hope that such a
ra Committee will he appointed, of men of high
for talents and integrity, and should he
-*glad to see Mr. Wise its chairman. There has
been an investigation into the affiirs ol the
tEspartment, 1 by any Committee opposed to the
Iministration since General Jackson came into
ice. If the administration is as corrupt as its
ponents alledge, it is high time that it should
exposed, and if it is as pure us its friends pre
ad, it will conic out brighter from a rigid and
orough investigation.
For the Chronicle $• Sentinel.
In 1836, the following clause in an act, to
uend several acts in relation to the city of An
isia, passed the Legislature.
“That from and after the passage of this act,
iit shall not be lawful for the City Council to ap
point, or elect any one of their body to any office
within said city''
Now, Messrs. Editors, it is said, that some
member or members, do hold appointments undci
its present Council—and if such be the (acts, it
is certainly contrary to the express law. M
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Wash i sgton, December 25, 1839.
T The House did not dispose of the question be-
J fore it, yesterday, respecting the execution of the
I printing of Congress. If they go into the elec
f tion < Printer, the Globe will doubtless get it.—
f Hut the motion to postpone the election till Feb.
Ist with a view to ascertain, in the mean time,
ft whether the Public Printing cannot be done bel-
I ter and cheaper by contract, than in the present
A mode, may possibly prevail. There is a rumor
* that the Globe is to be transferred to the Edilor
s*' ijhip of Mr. Croswoll, of Albany. In that case,
Ojit will no doubt be a Benton Democratic paper.
The sluggle between the Buchanan and the
if Benton increases for the succession to Mr. Van
9 Huron, four or live years hence, has already
ft commenced in earnest, and it may begin to have
I some influence on the politics of the the present
1 day. Its influence was felt even in the Speak -
I er’s election. The course of the Southern Stales,
I and of Souh Carolina in particular, in this new
9 controversy, is a matter ot some speculation.
I The west is coming so strong, under the next
f census, that the old Atlantic Slates must he uni
ted or they will be overshadowed and defeated.
C They cannot keep the control of the Govern-
A ment more than ten years longer at any rate, and
■ if they do not make the President who is to suc j
sl, ceed Mr. Van Buren, they will never make one.
* Jt is time for Pennsylvania to put in her claim,
Gs she ever does. She has made 1 residents lor
V T&ther Stales, and now it seems to be her intention
%to make one for herself. She elected Jefferson,
| Madison, Jackson, and Van Huron, and will now
) try to elect Buchanan. I lake it for granted, es-
M pecially after the Harrisburg nomination, that
J Mr. Van Buren will be re-elected. There will
r; belittle effective opposition to him. Somesup
£ pose that Mr. Clay would have been more avail
fing, but that is doubtful. Gen. Scott says, as I
i mi told, that the Convention made a great mis
xakc in not taking him up, as be could, lie thinks
have been elected with ease. He might have
carried more votes ai the South, but not in Penn
sylvania and the West.
Wabuinoton, Dee. 26.
So many of the members have left the city,
that it is doubtful whether there will he a quo
rum formed to-morrow or not. The session into
he a stormy one, though not very basiness-like.
The nearly equal division of parties in the House,
and their peculiar relations to each oilier, must
retard business, and provoke many angry con
troversies. The abolition petitions and the ques-
I tions arising thereform, will be again thrust upon
the House, and will he made more of a political
hobby than ever. The Georgia and Maine ques
tion will inevitably come before Congress, in
some shape or other, and may produce some ex
citement. These quarrels between the States
may become very serious, and disastrous, especi
ally where their territory is coterminous ; but
Georgia is 100 far off from Maine, to allow of any
* oorder warfare. The halls ol Congress must be
Cthe battle-ground of the parties. It is difficult to
tell what t 'ongressicau do on this subject,though
, they have much to say in regard to it.
With less personal popularity than any other
I President, or candidate lor the Presidency, Mr.
Van Huron's re-election is hardly considered as a
matter of doubt.
It appears that with the utmost economy, in
the appropriations for the present year, we shall
run ashore for money, unless the Bank ol the
United Stales and the other indebted Banks
should pay up.
v» ashinotox, Dec. 27, 1839.
Our Northern Mail still continues two days be
ll bind band, and f "he (South and West, we are
3 'i'-- lar advices. It seems re
p -• that these failures should
.aj , when the carriage is al-
ost altogell.ei . . u 1 Road and Steam boats,
nd the rive jt yet frozen over, and al-
Jough an exen - ght be made for one day’sde
lav, by the heavy fall of snow we have experien
ced, yet we think it the duly ol contiaetors to
provide immediately for the proper transmission
of the mail, instead of looking on listlessly as they
have done here lately. The day the President s
Message was delivered, there was no certain con
veyance North or South, until a few gentlemen
started a sleigh on their own hook, to carry some
half dozen copies for the newspapeis in Balti
more, as the Locomotive had halted after proceed
ing about 15 miles, and some of the passengers
returned to town.
Mr. Van Ness, our Minister to Spain, arrived
here to-day, with his Spanish bride; it is their in
tention to spend a month in the amusements of
the city.
Mr. Webster will visit home before be takes
his seat in the Senate, and we shall probably con
tinue without a full organization ol that body lor
sumo lime ; the Vice President lias not yet arri
ved, and several Senators have paired oil to pass
the holidays elsewhere.
The members of the House have been engaged
in a religious discussion all the morning, on the
question ot rocoiisiiicnng a resolution to proceed
in the election of a Chaplain, witli the Senate—
Messrs. M. A. Coopei, of Ga., It. Garland, of
La., andCrahb, of Ala., spoke at some length
against the appointment of a salaried Minister,
and Mr. G. stated that the present manner of en
suring the election of that officer, was accomplish
ed through petty electioneering, and other means
wholly unbecoming a mock and lowly servant ol
the Almighty.
Messrs. Wise, Nesbitt, of Geo., and Slade, of
Vt., entered into a beautiful homily on the Chris
tian religion, and the remarks of Mr. N- were
certainly the most eloquent I ever listened to.
The motion to reconsider was negatived by a large
majority.
The resignation of Mr. C. F. Mercer, of \ ir
ginia.asa member of the House, was read and
laid on the table. Mr. M. left the city yesterday
for Florida, where de enters upon his duties as
Cashier of the Union Bank, on the Ist proximo.
A message from the President was received
through Major Van Buren, his Private Secreta
ry, and laid on the Clerk’s table. I believe it
only contains the documents accompanying the
Annual Returns of the Secretaries.
Mr. Dawson’s resolution lo postpone the elec
tion of Printer, was modified so as to make the
time the 10th of January, instead ol the Ist Feb
ruary, and passed. In the meantime, the Clerk
ia to superintend and give out the necessary print
ing of the House.
Mr. Briggs, of Mass, moved that when the
House adjourn, it meet on Monday next —car-
ried.
The resolution of Mr. Pickens, for the appoint
ment of the Standing Committees by the Chair,
was then passed. Mr. Wise, of Va. requesting
the House to excuse ins services on any of the
Committees for personal reasons.
Mr. Hoffman, of N. Y. from the Committee
ou Rules, reported a resolution for the adoption
of the rules of last session until the lOlliol Jan
uary—carried.
A communication from the Governor of lowa,
concerning the difficulties between that Territory
and the State bf Missouri, was laid on the table.
Mr. Stanley, of N. C. moved the House now
adjourn (2j P. M.) —negatived. The motion to
print 20,000 copcis of the Message, was then ta
ken up, and the ayes and noes called on the ques
tion, “shall the main question be now put,” and
decided in the affirmative. So the House has
decided by a large majority, that 20,000 copies of
the message, and 8000 of the accompanying doc
uments should be printed.
The whole number of members present is only
about 140.—Adjourned.
The Senate was engaged this morning in re
ceiving messages from the President, ami memo
rials on a variety of subjects, of no interest to
your readers, except a report from the Secretary
of Stale, concerning the sixth census of the Uni
ted States.
•Dreadful Shipwreck ami Loss of Life.
The Detroit Free Press of Ihe lOthinst. contains
the particulars of the loss of the brig Neptune,
John H. Sims, driven on shore at Little Point
an Sable, on Lake Michigan, in the gale of the
25th ult. There was on board in all. nine of the
crew and eleven passengers, all drowned and
perished with the cold ex -opt Capt. finis, who,
with two others, reached the shore. One the
brother of the captain, and Webster, the mate,
the two who ventured to leave the wreck with
the captain, perished immediately on reaching
the shore. The brig was full freighted from
Bulliilo for Chicago, principally with mcrchan
diz.e.
Massachusetts Special Election.—A spe
cial election took place on the 23d ult. in the
Franklin Congressional district, for a member of
#
Congress to supply the vacancy occasioned by
the death of Mr. Alvord. Osmyn Baker, of Am
herst, is again the Whig candidate, and Rev. Ro
dolphus Dickinson the Van Buicn candidate.
Massachusetts Election. —The Boston
Post of the 23d inst. publishes the returns of all
the votes for Governor, and gives Morton a ma
jority of 14. The Atlas of the 241 h, savs :
The. Post states that there arc four scattering
votes in Mansfield, but docs not count them.
Why not 1 Counting these and allowing 9 scat
tering in Rowley, which we nave reason to think
tlie Post has omitted in its calculations, Morton
would be elected by one vole ! Marcus Morion
chosen Governor by one vote! .Should the offi
cial returns show this to he the fact, we envy not
the feelings of that man calling himself a Whig,
who, oy his refusal to goto the polls, has sullied
the fair fame of old Massachusetts by giving her
a Locofoco Chief Magistrate. Shame upon such
a reprobate 1 Shame! Shame!
The Atlas adds :
Scatterino Votes —The Post sometime
ago declared that “the utmost industry of all par
ties had been able to collect but 238* scattering
votes.” Yesterday that paper admitted that 309
had been found, including Mansfield. Our table
now shows 324, and if this be correct, Morton j«
defeated by six votes. Will the Post publish
the names of the towns in which the scattering
votes it has collected, were, given 1 If it will do
that, we will compare returns. That’s (air, what
say you, Post boy.
The A usual Tiieasukt Report. —The An
nual report of the Secretary of the Treasury to
Congress, is published in the last number of the
Globe, filling eight columns, a space which we
cannot at present spare for it.
The most important points in this document
are, of course,
First, the state of the Treasury. On this
head, the “ available balance of money in the
Treasury on the 31st of December 1839,” is sla
ted at 81,556,384.
Secondly, the amount of moneys estimated to
be ncce sary for the service of the next year. j
These arc estimated to amount to “at least $31.-
132,106, of which it is computed that $20,000,-
000 will bo expended ivilhin that year for ordi
nary purposes, or two millions and three-fourths
more, including the redemption of Treasury
Notes.”
Thirdly , to meet this expenditure, the cus
toms, land sales, and miscellaneous services are
estimated to amount within the year to $18,000,-
000. and, with the balance estimated to be in the
Treasury on the Ist January, 1840, to constitute
the sum of $20,156,385, as “the efficient means"
for 1840.
Fourthly , the amount of imports and exports.
The amount of Exports for the year ending Sep
tember 30, 1831), is estimated to have been sllß.-
359,000, being an excess over those of 1838 of
$9,873,388, Os the whole exports, only $17,-
408,000 were of foreign origin. The hnportx
for the same peiiod arc estimated to have amount
ed to about $157,700,000, being an excess to the
large extent of $43,892,356 over those during
the previous year.— National Intelligencer.
We understand that there is a suit pending
against Wsw. //. Kerr, lute postmaster in this
oity, ax a defaulter to the government to n large
amount. The ease came up incidentally, on
Friday, when the papers were read in court.—
The amount of the lute loco focn postmaster's
defalcations appears from the papers and the ac
count of the government on file, to he $69,000.
It is well known that Mr. Dupuy, who was in
office under Mr. Adams, and who paid up hix ac
countx like an honest man, was turned out by
Gen. Jackson, to make room for Capt. Kerr.—
N. O. True American.
The Houndary trouble between Missouri and
lowa has taken a turn which removes all appre
hensions of a collision between the citizens in
and near the disputed territory. On the 13th
instant the Court of Clark county, Missouri, in
consideration of certain proceedings on the part
of the Legislature of low a which were presented
to its notice directed the Missouri mill ia which
had been ordered out to he disbanded. The
lowa Legislature proposes that nil hostile action
r hall be suspended on the part of Missouri, and
that the adjustment of the difficulties he made by
Congress. —lialtivwae American.
Acts of the Legislature.
( Continued.)
109 To amend the Patrol Laws of this State.
110 To incorporate the Fort Gaines Metho
dist Episcopal Church in Early county.
111 To establish an Election precinct in the
county of Baker, and two additional precincts in
the county of Murray.
1 12 To empower the representatives and heirs
of McLin Lundy to establish a ferry over the Sa
vannah Kiver, as Hudson’s Landing.
113 To authorize Linscy 11. Smith to build a
mill-dam across Broad Kiver, with certain re
strictions.
114 To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Paulding county, to refund the excess
of lax which was collected from them in 1839.
115 To reduce the Sherilf bonds of this State,
so far as relates to the county of Dade.
116 To incorporate certain Academies therein
named, appoint Trustees for the same, and confer
on said Trustees certain powers and privileges,
and appoint additional Trustees for Williams’
Academy.
117 To amend and explain (he second section
of an act passed on the 22d Dec. 1828, entitled
an act for the protection of orphans.
118 To incorporate the First Unversalist
Church in the county of Macon, called hy the
name of the Mount Zion Chapel.
119 To extend the operation of the act passed
the I 6lh Dec. 1794, entitled an act for pointing
out the method of compelling persons residing in
this State, to give evidence in causes pending in
another
119 To alter and fix the time of holding the
Inferior and Superior Courts in the county of
Twiggs.
121 To authorize and empower the Justices
of the Inferior Court of Bulloch county to levy
and collect a tax to pay the Jurors of said county.
122 To alter and amend an act entitled an act
to appoint additional commissioners on the Ohoo
py and Canoochce rivers ofTatnall counly pass
ed 27th December, 1838, so far as relates to the
commissioners of the Ohoopy river, and for oth
er purposes.
123 To change the line between the counties
of Washington and for ohtcr pur
poses therein named.
121 To provide a remedy for indorsers against
all prior endorsers and makers of promissory
notes, and other contracts in certain cases therein
mentioned.
125 1 o authorise the Justices of the Inferior
Court of the county of Houston, to levy an ex
tra tax for county purposes, on certain conditions.
126 To change the time of holding the Infe
rior Courts, so far as respects the county of
Troup, the Superior and Inferior Courts of the
c« unty of Bibb, and the Superior Courts of the
county of Thomas.
127 To incorporate the Georgia Iron Manu
facturing Company.
128 To impose, levy and collect a tax for the
political year 1840, on property, Doth real and
personal, and to inflict penalties for refusing or
neglecting to comply with the provisions thereof.
129 To keep open, prevent and remove ob
structions from Lott’s Creek, in the counly of
Bulloch.
130 To incorporate the Volunteer Light Blues,
in the county of Upson.
131 To prevent persons from obstructing the
free passage of fish up the Altamah river, by the
use of gill-nets, seines over fifty feet in length.
132 To consolidate the offices of Receiver of
Tax Returns ami Tax Collect irs of this State,
so far as respects the counties of Dude and Dooly.
133 To alter and fix the times of holding the
Inferior Courts in the county of Muscogee.
134 To amend an act to compensate the su
perintendents of precinct elections in the coun
ties of Troup, Harris and Richmond ; and to
change the places of holding precinct elections
west of the Chattahoochee from Joss’ store to the
west bank of the Chattahoochee river, to the town
of Vernon in said county.
135 To authorise His Excellency the Gover
nor, to furnish the corps of Republican Blues, at
Savannah, with fifty stand of arms.
13(f To repeal an act entitled an act to com
pensate Petit Jurors in the county of Lumpkin
assented to 24th Dec. 1823, also to repeal the
sixth section of an act entitled an act to compen
sate the grand and petit jurors of the Superior
and Inferior Courts of the several counties there
in named, and to provide for the payment of the
same, assented to 23d Dec. 1837.
137 To amend an act, passed the 10th Dec.
1803, and to make a uniform standard of weights
and measures in this State.
138 To compensate the Justices of the Infe
rior Court of the county of Appling.
139 To authorise the Justices of the Inferior
j Courts of the several counties in this Stale to
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create and lay oil'any now District, or to change
and alter the lines of those already laid out.
140 To authorise the Sheriff of Washington
county, to advertise all sales hy him, to be made
in the Southern Advocate.
141 To he entitled an act to alter and fix the
times of holding the Superior, and Inferior courts
in the counties of Pulaski and Richmond, and
the Superior courts of Montgomery, Tattnall, ami
Emanuel counties.
142 To continue in force the act passed on
the 7th Dec. 1812, entitled an act to amend and
explain the 29th section of the Judiciary Law Os
this Stale, mid to require non-resident attorneys
to pay cost in certain esses.
143 To amend an act to grant to Thomas
Spalding ami his associates, the right of construc
ting a Railroad of wood, or digging a canal from
the Ocmulgeo to the Flint river with certain pri
vileges, approved Dec. 23d, 1827, and an act
supplementary thereof, approved December 22d,
1834.
144 More effectually to prescribe the methods
of keeping and auditing the annual account cur
rent in the Executive, Comptroller, and Treasu
rer's office, and for other purposes.
145 To amend the several Road Laws of this
Stale so far as respects the county of Chatham.
146 To secure to owners of fisheries on the
Savannah river, their rights to the same, and to
admit the free passage of fish up said river.
147 To authorise the Justices of the Inferior
court of tile county of Muscogee, to lay oil’ a lot
on the East Commons of the city of Columbus,
for the purpose of erecting thereon a jail for said
county, and for other purposes.
148 To authorise all free white citizens of this
State, of our year's residence or longer, to peddle,
and us itenerant traders to vend goods, wares
and merchandize in this Stale, on payment of
SSO to the State for a license, and to repeal the
parts of the Law heretofore passed regulating the
tax imposed on Fedlars and itenerant traders,
149 To incorporate the Neligh manufacturing
Company in the county of i )ass, and for other
purposes therein named.
160 To regulate proceedings in eq tity.
151 To compensate Grand and Petit Jurors
of the county of Tattnall, and to authorise .ho
Inferior court of said county to levy an extra tax
for that purpose.
152 To incorporate the town of Oxford, in the
county ofNcwton, and to appoint commissioners
for the said town, and to define their powers, and
also to designate the corporate limits of said
town.
153 To alter the 3d and 12th section of the
Ist article and the Ist, 2d and 3d sections of the
3d article, an the 15th section of the 4th article
of the Constitution of this Slate.
154 To explain and amend an act passed Dec.
28lh, 1838, entitled an act "to lay out and organ
ize a new county from the counties of Floyd and
Walker.
155 To amend an act entitled an act appoint
commissioners for the better regulation ami gov
ernment of the village of Ruekcrsville, in the
county of Elbert.
156 To legitimatize and change the name of
Lewis D. Hall, to that Ks Lewis D. Ynncy.
157 To amend an act, passed 14lh Dec. 1837,
to incorporate the town of Troupville in Lowndes
county.
158 To authorise the commissioners of the
town of Springfield, in the county of Effingham,
to sell the vacant lota in the town of Springfield,
and to make valid their title i,
159 To authorise Richard Morriss to build a
mill dam across the Coosawattee river on his own
land.
160 To change the place of holding elections
from the house of Jeremiah Cox to the house of
James H. Roberts.
161. I’o furnish the Wayne County Guards
with arms.
162 To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of the counly of Heard to form new Milf
tia Districts in said county, and torcgftlate those
already laid out.
163 To establish and admit certain instru
ments which were destroyed with the county re
cords of the counly of Heard hy (ire, and to make
valid the same.
464 To alter the place or places of holding
Precinct Elections in the county of Telfair.
165 To alter and change the time of holding
the Superior Courts in the counties of Floyd
and Paulding.
166 To compel all persons who have built, or
may hereafter build any dam or dams across the
Etowah river, to build a sufficient slope for the
free passage of fish in the county of Cuss.
167 To amend an act entitled an act to estab
lish a tribunal for the trial of slaves within this
Slate, passed 16th Dec. 1811, so far as relates to
the County of Bryan.
168 To incorporate the town of Cross Plains,
in the Counly of Murray.
169 To explain and amend the Judiciary act
p of 1799, so far as concerns the granting of Ap
peals in certain cases.
170 To amend the charter of the Monroe Rail
Road and Banking Company.
171. To incorporate a volunteer mounted
companyln the County of Bulloch, and to au
, thorizc the Governor to furnish them with a
stand of arms.
172 To compensate Grand and Petit Jurors of
the counties of'Carroll, Paulding and Dooly, and
Petit Jurors in the counties of Jackson and Wur
p ren, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
173 To authorize free persons of color to hold
real estate in the city of Darien.
174 To change the times of holding the Info
i rior Courts of Lowndes county. <
176 Further to amend the militia laws of the
State of Georgia, in relation to the first regiment,
- and to grant exemptions to certain officers and
non-commissioned officers of said regiment.
176 To alter and fix the time of holding the
’ Superior Courts for the county of Muscogee, and
to legalize the adjournment of Houston Superior
| Court.
177 To declare the remedy of a freeholder
through whose land any of the several chartered
rail roads shall pass.
178 To authorize Henry Dillon to erect or
build a circular rail way on the Indian Spring re
serve in the county of Butts.
179 To incorporate the Macon Iron Steam
Boat Company.
180 To authorize Henry Lizon, to establish a
Ferry across the Etowah river, on his own land,
in the county of Floyd, and to define the rights
and liabilities of the owner thereof. »
181 To authorize William Briscoe to CTTablish
a Ferry or bridge across the Chattahoochee river,
on his own land, one mile below West Point
Bridge, in the county of Harris.
182 To amend the road laws of this State, so
far as to compel a portion of the hands liable to
perform road duty at any time when required to
do so by the overseer of the road.
18.1 To pardon Philip Johnson of the County
of Hall. 3
184 To increase the fees of witnesses in the
Superior and Inferior Courts, so far as relates to
the county of Muscogee, in all civil cases.
185 To add two additional trustees for the
Blrdvillc Academy in the eounly of Warren.
186 To incorporate the Chcslatcc Manufactu
ring Company,
(To be Continued.)
Thk Position or Nkw Jersey. —The N.
\ ork American recommends the New Jersey
Legislature to recall her Senators from Congress;
anil to sugguest to Mr. Kanpolph to withdraw
from his seat in the House of .Kepronarnlatives. (
•‘Virtually excluded,” remarks that paper, “as hy
rt lawless proceeding she is, from representation
in the popular branch, it may well beseem a
proud Slate—one, too, that Iras such reasons for ,
just pride—to consider whether it comports with j
her dignity, to appear at all among her equals,
unless tire appear with all her rights, immuni
ties, and franchises. Nor is it New Jersey alone ;
that s concerned to resist this great wrung; for
what is her fate to day, may, by force of prcced- J
ent, if once established, he the fate of every other !
State which it may suit the policy and party of
the hour to divest of its rightful power. It is a
common cause, ns such, should enlist the sym
pathies and common efforts of all friends of State
rights, of the laws, and Constitution, ami of their
sacred and invaluable forms.”
Mf.mento ok a Disahtkh.—The Atlantic In
surance Company in this city have received a
letter from the Custom House, Great Egg Har
bor, New Jersey, of which we subjoin a copy.—
The melancholy fate of the Pulaski, nearly two
years ago, is of course remembered:
On the sth hist, a bottle was found on Ahso
com beach, having just come ashore in the laic
N.E. storm, containing a paper of which the fol
lowing is a literal ropy :
“June B.—Thrown overboard from steam pack
et Pulaski, 30 miles south of Cape Fear. She
has gone to pieces. There arc now or. ‘.he pro
menade dec!; 14 passengers. She is now in throe
pieces. Many have been drowned hy the explo
sion of the boilers. We were within half a mile
of the shore, when the wind suddenly swept us
along the coast, and wc are now two miles from
the shore. If any person should pick this up, do
send vo.scls to look lor the unfortunate sufferers.
I am now so weak that I,cun baldly write."
“Juno, 1838.
The above is in a good mercantile hand, hut
owards the close of it, the weakness of the un
happy writer is very apparent. The vessel, of
course, was the Pulaski. — N. V. Dispatch.
A Chinese Witness. —At a trial which look
place on Friday last in the New fork Marine
Court, a Chinese was called us a witness, hut ob
ject! d to, on account of his not believing in a
God. He was questioned on that point, and an
swered that he believed in many gods, and that
the temples in his country were full of them. The
statutes requiring that every witness shall he sworn
according to the peculiar ceremonies of his reli
gion, the Court inquired of him what was the
formula of an oath in China. He said that he
went into the temple before the gods, and read
certain passages from a Chinese Bible, then took
a vessel of salt and sprinkled on the ground, af
ter which ceremony, ho went before the manda
rin and gave his testimony. New York being un
provided with Chinese temples and idols: it was
of course found impossible to swear the witness
according to law, and the party was obliged to
lose the benefit of his testimony, until the Court
considered the matter further.— Philadelphia
Ledger.
Boeculation.—A young man in an adjoining
town was mightily smitten with the beauty of a
lady whose father had a suit at law which must
forever make or break him, and “popped tile
question.” She was expressing a desire fur im
mndia'e marriage, when he thus interrupted her,
“I can have the refusal of you for six months
can’t I 1”
From the London Timer, Nov. 21.
London, Oct. 12, IS3B.
Sir—Some public prints in ibis country having ,
questioned the constitutional rig it of the individu
al Slates of which the North American Union is
composed to contract loans, t\e are happy m be
able lo avail our.elves of yonr visit to this country
to refer the point ion which wo never entertained a
doubt) or you,and to ask your bgal opinion on the
subject—an opinion which, we need hardly odd,
will be conclusive wiih ourselves,and most impor
tant lor all who are interested in State securities.
Wc beg, therefore, that yon will favor ns with
your written answer, at ysnr cad lest convenience,
to Iho following inquiry ;
“Has the Legislature of one of the American
States legal and constitutional power to contract
loans at home and abroad ?”
Wc have the honor lo ho, with great respect, dir,
your obedient servants,
Barinu, Brothers it Go.
Tbs Hon. Daniel Welister, &c
London, Oct. 10
Messrs Boring, Br jlhejs A Co.
Gentlemen— l have received your Utter, and lose
no lime in giving yon rny opinion on the question
which you have submitted for rny consideration
The assertions and suggestions to winch you tofer,
as having appeared in some of the public prints,
bad not escaped my notice.
Your first inquiry is, “whether the Legislature of
one of the States has legal and constitutional pow
er to contract loans m homo and nl road ?”
To this I answer, that the Legislature of n Slate
lias such power; and how any doubt eonld bare
arisen on ibis point, it is difficult for me to con
ceive Every Stole is an independent, sovereign,
political community, except in so furus certain pow
ers, w hich it might otherwise have exercised, have
been conferred on a general government, establish
ed under a written constitution, and exerting its au
thority over the people of the Stales. This goner- i
nl government is a limited government Its pmv- I
ers ate specific and enumerated. All powers not I
conferred upon it still remain with the Stales and j
with the people The Stale Legislatures, on the !
other hand, p issess all usual and ordinary powers ,
of government, subject to any limitations which j,
may be imposed by their own constitutions, and, I
with the exceptions, as I have said, of the operation, '
on those powers, of the constitution of the United
Slates. The powers conferred on the general gov
ernment cannot of course he exercised hy any indi
vidual State ; nor can any Slate puss any law which
i prohibited hy the constitution of the United
St ’les. Tims no Slate can hy itself make war, in
conclude peace, nor enter into alliances or treaties
with foreign nations. In those,and in other impor
tant particulars, the powers which would have otic t
erwise belonged to the Stale, can now be exorcised
only by the general government, or government ol
the United States. Nor can a State pass a law
which is prohibited by its own constitution. But
there is no provision in the constitution of the Uni
ted Stales, nor, so fur ns 1 know or bale undorslm d,
in any Stale constitution, prohibiting the Legisla
ture of a Slate from contracting debts, or making
loans, either at home or abroad. Every Slate has
the power of levying and collecting taxes, direct
and indirect, of oil kinds, except that no Slate can
impose duties on gooda and merchandize mi ported,
that power belonging exclusively to Congress by
llie constitution The power of taxation is exer
cised hy every Stale, habitually and constantly, ac
cording to its own direretion, and the exigencies of
its government.
This is the general theory of that mixed system
of government which prevails in America. And
as the constitution of the United Stales contains no
prohibition or restraints on Steto Legislature* Ip p.
J • •
so fa r aaTmiwn " n< * ** "" SmU ‘ <- «n«Ofution,
linn ii w „ to ri,e ’ any (inch pfohihn
I r. r ’ re "P* < ’ 1 ' '*»« 1 Agisla
«n onlintir v M I*" 1 e ** ,o, i of tins power, m
I c, 8,1,1 " ,Hul » ,,,w,,r of ’
he re™ I.T " ,l,g S M ! lon ’ l,mt St tie lean, mart
mud?« ft "noourtilutionnl and illegal, ln ™
min h ns the ( onaluutmn of ihe United *mie* ba.
•IfWnrci .hat no S,ale shall emit biMs «.
i ™ >rln " , - m, | li* t-oiistitinion of the U. Stale*
a bdioir;;,; ";rl" ,ary pr,,hib l i,i °" ■ *■« wh« t ..
n bond ,7,1, L r f* n,n blance whatever to
f b,, rr„ w ' tbe'term , ‘‘*Hid^oM>?diV' < ie
' li'T m <» ,r political history, nnd its rncanina
lory bm e hv Bl rii* n | ,fe ' tle<1 ’ ll " t " ,lly by llial his*
from h.i c ? interpretations and derisions
iron! 111, honest source, for the purpose of this
■hoL'n'irr '7,|" N "V. ‘hat bills of ere
fll.ell to T V! |,roh,h ""‘" 1,1 the Constitution
Tl . v ! werc "'“""■“••y paper money.
nrdh~ ,IR| “ r ,sßUr r’ l ; , ' en,l « J 'or circulation,
nrd (or receipt into the Treasury ns c ish nnd
were sometimes m.do a lender in payment of
1 )l« I»» put an ml a oncP'iiiid forovcr.ro evil* of
this sort, and to d uniters from this source, the Con-
Suu,“T M t '° , rl ;:- (l hn " declared ihtt •• no
hto'o’i'r ?'•, ”" " f efo* l ". nor make anything
gold and silver n tender in payment of debt*,
nor pass any law wlnch shall impair ttie obligation
ol commi ts.” All this, however, proves, rmMhat
Hates cannot contract debts, but Hint when con
tracted, I hey mnsl pay them in coin, aecoiding to
Ibnr stipulation Ihe several Stales m.sZs tho
power to borrow in bol.alfof the United Slates, (or
Hu purpose of rnising armies, equipping navies, or
mav’he'nf | B l y ? ,he l. of 118 ‘onslituiionnl dirties. It
nay be added, that ( ongress itself fully recognises
l his power in the Stales, as it Pas authorized the in
vcn.nieiit id largo funds which it held in trnsi |i,r
slocks'" 11 "’" 11 " 1 pUrpoße * certificates of State
of’JimSnueY '" r S !""° '* lhe Plighted fan),
ol Stale, as ii political community. It rests on
ihe same basis as other eonlraels with established
ri n,e hnHi8 ’ (or example, as loans
1 • ho, Ui.iied Stales under the authority of
t ongress, .mu wto say, the good faith of the go
Vernment making ihe loan, and its ability ( 0 (n/fi|
Us engagements. These State loans, it is known,
have neon contracted principally for the purpose of
uiimkmg railroads and canals ; and in some case*,
ii Ii In nigh 1 knmv net bow generally, the income or
revenue expected to be derived from these works is
diree y and specifically pledged for the payme.
the interest nndllie redemption of Ihe deist, in addi
tion to the obligation of public faith In several
Slates oile r brunches of revenue have heen specifi
eally pledged, and in others very valuable tracts of
land. It cannot be doubled i bat the general result
ol IbONe worka of internal improvement him been,
nm* W! J be, lo enhance Iho wealth m ] abiJilv of
1110 oluto.
It has been said, that the States cannot he sin d
on those bonds. But neither could the United S.
he seed, nor, us I suppose, ihe Crown of England,
I"", N,,r . w,,ul ‘* tbe power ol suing, pro!
security 1 ' 'I IT T "" r ,T y ' mb ’" l ‘" tinl H.l.luioi.r.l
security. Iho solemn obligation of a government
bo'otfhanced Tv" n an !‘ n '.’ vvlo ‘ l ß c ' l hc.nd, would not
nd It 7 Jtttjgrocnt rendered on sneli
1,011 . If it either could not, or would not mass-
Ihat Ucon 7 '' ,,yi "K '»•« h«nd. it is not hr’obnhh,-
ing the judgment '' prov "" on fur •‘“'•Or*
ft
hgal ions of I heir "own'7on"ra( "T-Ih^
™te“ Z er ,‘" ''-■h'-ge of sue' LZL Z,
nrovh nu for it " ey p,,f ‘“ <>KH n " " Equate p ,wer o>
ofreve 1 18 <ase « i)V ">«'* end internal mean*
v l :. hey cannot get round their duly, tier
evade its force. Any failure to fulfil its nndertak-
IZ' l 7 ,,,p, ' r l violation Os public fail |„ to ho
a n imlfv i, , 'T l,y of ,liß ' ,on " r ‘h-grttce-
n y - l,#pr “' ,n, ‘ 11 w hich no State of
the American Union won'd he likely in incur.
m- r.l"* 1 ! 0 i b ". J ,,Bl, ficd by existing circuit;-
sta res to close Hus loiter with llic expression of an
I’evelh 1 -i"" 1 ’' r< ’ K ;T" 1 ""' l,ro ' 1‘ i". tbat 1 be
s( m 7, ,ho l ' ni,tMl Stales, like all ho
n.sl men regard debls. wl.e.hei public or private,
•, n,l( wlicibiT eiiaiing nr Imme or abroad, to bo ul'
. moral an well a* lepnl obligation; oml I truxi I
imiy appeal to their history, from the moment when
I hose >taies took iheir rank among the nation, of
earth lo the present lime, for proof I hut ibis belief
is well founded ; and d it were poamhle that any of
the -Slates should many imioso entirely lose her
self respect, and forget her duly as to violate (he
an solemnly pledged for her pecuniary engage
ments,! believe thee is no coumry upon earth—not
oven that of the minted creditor—in which such
a proceeding would meet with less countenance ur
indulgence than it would receive Irum ihe great mass
of Ihe American people.
1 Imyo the honor to b-, gendemen, your obedient
oi rV'iliif
DANIEL WEBSTER.
OBITUA R Y . ~
Departed this life, on ih«Bßth Dec. in Edgefield
District, S <; Mrs. Elizabeth Ware, in iheSlst
year ol her age. In recording ihe death of this ex
rmplury wornao, we cannot refrain from the ex
press on of our ndmirntion, Ibr her many virtues
Wliu-h adorned her earthly career, nnd endeared her
to all who find an opportunity ol ecommg ac
quainted with her character. In early life, she em
braced the religion ol I’hrist, and forrnany years
was a zealous member of the Baptist Church, liv
ing ns she died, in the practice of that strict piety
and Christian reliance upon her (Jod, which ana
•!? ! ,c T !° nr loriimde and resignation the
ills ol ibis itib, and to look forward wilfi on eye of
fanb to life eternnl Sbo was an nfteetionate mo
iber, u kind mistress nnd a warm friend. She has
left u son and two daughters, bf sides a large circle
of friends and acquaintances, to lament her loss—
who, though the parting hero bos ad, have atun
•lant reason to njoiee that she tins gone to that
world of eternal bli s, where earthly sorrows and
disappointments can never come.
COMMERCIAL.
Latent dates from Liverpool, Nov, 10
Latest dates from Havre Nov, 13
Savanwaji, December 27,
Colton —Arived since the 20th inst. 4142 bales
Upland and 247 bales S I cotton, and cleared at the
same lime 4285 Upland and 1! bales SI cottonj
leaving a stock on hand,inclusive of ail on shipboard'
not cleared on the 27th inst ,f o 14129 ba es Up
land and 43H bales S 1 cotton. The rivers continu
ing low the receipts of cotton for this period of the
season, are very light. The demand for Uplands
; during the week lias been moderate,and prices have
further receded 1 a g in the middle and lower qual
ities, and iai in the higher. The sahs arc 3022
bales, viz.; 28 at 7; 12 at
12 at 8}; 197 at
421 at 9d; 272 at ‘Jg; 85 at 9 7-lfi; 491 at 94- 9»
at 9}i 321 at Os, 15 at 9J S 212 at 10; 121 at lOL
The sales of S Island amount to 95 bales, viz : S
at 22; 14 at 23; 5 at 24; 3 at24i; 35 at 25; 25 at
30; 5 at 33.
Hice —The demand since our last has been un
usually limited, the sales amounting to about 300
casks at a $3 principally at the latter price.
Corn —ls retailing from store at 70 a 80 cents
according to quantity.
flour —Continues dull. Sales of Howard st at
$7 a 7i; Canalsß a Bj.
Spirits. —ln domestic liquors, sales of N E Rum
at -11 a 42; (Jin 45 a t>o; Whiskey, 38 a 40.
STATEMENT OF COTTON,
Dpi’da. S. I.
Stock on hand, Ist Oct. 1523 I|B
Received this week, 4142 247
do. previously 38471 436
44136 801
Exported this week, 4285 11
Do. previously, 25722 352 30007 363
Stock on hand, including all on ship
brarl D"t cleg.-rd cm 27tb l>e«. 14129 431